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affectivity

noun
/ˌæfɛkˈtɪvɪti/

Etymology

From affective + -ity.

  1. derived from affectus
  2. derived from affectivus
  3. suffixed as affectivity — “affective + ity”

Definitions

  1. An ability to experience affects

    An ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.

    • At the same time, the kinds of affectivities evoked in us, such as fear and gratitude, also depend partly on how we envision and interpret the objects in question.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for affectivity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA